People

Federal IT community mourns loss of Carleton Jones

Jones, 68, had served in top leadership roles with Indus and other federal IT firms.

Acquisition

Outsourcing vs. insourcing: Solving the cost-comparison conundrum

A new report offers guidelines for sizing up the costs of public and private sector work.

Modernization

DHS cancels financial system modernization, considers cloud instead

The Homeland Security Department has officially canceled its second attempt at modernizing its financial systems.

People

VA expects to save $16B by going open source for health records

VA CIO Roger Baker said choosing open source to modernize VA's digital health records system will help the department avoid spending $16 billion on a commercial solution.

People

GSA's Davie to lead technology council

Davie will serve as executive president of the American Council for Technology's new Executive Committee.

People

VA’s Baker: Commercial software is often the best option

Agencies cannot afford to develop proprietary technology when commercial software is so readily available, said the VA CIO.

Digital Government

Another pay freeze

Feds took another pay hit this week -- or next year, rather.

People

Telework: An untapped recruiting tool

As federal agencies compete for the best recruits, telework can be an attractive lure.

People

Using data to spur organizational change

Human capital data should be used to create organizational change, but this can only happen if business managers are engaged by the information collected, an official with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency said.

Digital Government

DHS accused of hiding fingerprinting data

'Metadata' for agency emails on Secure Communities program sought by immigrant groups under FOIA.